What has been your worst "nice guy" experience?
So, possibly one of the coolest things Iâve ever seen. I mean you know how you hear the âwomen want him, men want to *be* himâ stuff in old movies? Well Iâm a man and by *god* I wanted to be this guy. Anyway!
Iâm having dinner with my girlfriend at the time, and behind us are a couple on a date. It is.. not going well. Guy was being rather creepy and making some pretty inappropriate comments, the girl doesnât look at all comfortable.
The girl finishes her appetiser really quickly, my guess is she wanted to get it over with. Guy proceeds to comment on it and says âwell, least I know you can swallow right?â. Loudly.
Girl goes red and tells him that isnât appropriate, he literally waves his hand in a âshooâ type motion and says âoh calm down I was going to find out in a few hours anywayâ.
I missed her exact reply as she moved to a hushed tone, but it was fairly obvious what was being said - fuck no, fuck off, fuck this. He responded with âsweetheart I picked you up, I know where you liveâ. She lost the colour in her face and said nothing.
No. No. Fuck no. Iâm one of those âget involvedâ type of people and there is no way Iâm sitting here watching this go down. I get up. I donât know what Iâm going to do, but Iâm 23, fighting fit and happy to put that motherfucker through a wall. I may have had a slight temper in my youth. But anyway.
I was halfway out of my chair when a hand came down on my shoulder and I look up to this mid-50s but super fit guy who says âEasy.. Iâve got this one sonâ. Absolute, total confidence in his voice.. so seeing as my current plan amounted to âstab him in the neckâ and Iâm already thinking maybe thatâs not the best idea, I sit down.
He walks over, grabs a nearby chair, flips it around and sits down with the couple. Then.. he pulls out his police ID and puts it on the table. Now the guy doesnât have any colour in his face.
Cop: âSo, Iâm quietly celebrating my daughters birthday with my family when I distinctly hear you threaten this young lady, would you care to explain yourself?â
Guy: âI, ah, well, um, you see..â
Cop: âThatâs what I thought. Now see, we take a *very* dim view of that kind of thing, so right now Iâm deciding if I want to have some of my buddies come pick you up.â
Guy: âoh no well thatâŚâ
Cop: âBut that would disrupt everyoneâs dinner, so how about you hand me your ID, because I wouldnât want you running off on me, then you go see one of the staff here and settle your bill.. the full bill now, this young lady shouldnât go hungry on account of your poor behaviour. Or we can go with the first option, Iâll leave it up to you.â
Guy: âNo no! Thatâs perfectly fine!â \*hands over ID, gets up and walks very quickly in the direction of the counter\*
Cop: \*while writing down the guys details\* âSorry about that miss, I hope Iâm not intruding it just seemed like you could use some help. Oh and donât worry, if you want to pursue this further Iâll have some of the boys pick him up on his way home, we can definitely take this further.â
Girl: âNo, thank you so much, I wanted to run out 30 minutes ago but he drove me hereâ.
Cop: \*shifts from hardarse cop to comforting father figure in about half a second\* âWell Iâm here with my daughter, sheâs about your age, perhaps youâd like to finish your meal with us? We can run you home afterwards if youâd like, unless youâd prefer to call someone else?â
Girl: âOh.. that would be really nice.. thankyou so much!â
\*guy returns, so does the hardarse cop\*
Guy: âUh so, Iâve paid the bill, if I could have my ID back..â.
Cop: âThere you go.. now I have your details right here so I *highly* recommend you donât go near or contact this young lady ever again.â
Guy: âYes yes of course, Iâm so sorry!â
The guy pretty much fled the restaurant, the girl went and sat with the cop and his family and by the time we left they were still sitting around talking and laughing about random crap.
It was hands down the best way I have ever seen anybody handle any situation, ever. That cop is my hero.
